Door-holder.



G. T. ROGERS,

DOOR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.26. 1910.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

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CLARENCE '1. ROGERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOOR-HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE T. Rooms, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in door holders such as are adapted for use in holding a door in a definite position.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and simple device which can be easily applied to any ordinary door, and which by a movement of the foot can be made to come into frictional contact with the floor so as to hold the door in the desired position, that is partly open to any desired extent, and which'can likewise be operated by the foot so as to leave the door free to move.

In general my invention comprises a movable lever or arm having a friction surface at its free end so that by kicking the arm into a vertical position the surface or abutment at the arm end grips the floor sufiiciently to hold the door in place, while the opposite movement releases the abut ment or gripping device from the floor and leaves the door free.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device as applied to a door, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The drawings show the preferred means of carrying the invention into effect. A plate 10 is fastened to the door 11, preferably near its free end, and this is provided with a slot 12 which receives an abutment 13 which can be conveniently a screw, and which is fastened to one end of the tilting arm or lever 14. It will be seen that the slot 12 serves to limit the movement of the arm so that when the abutment touches one end of the walls of the slot the arm or lever 14: will be vertical, while if the arm is tilted until the abutment comes to the opposite end of the slot, the arm will be at an angle and so its lower end will be out of contact with the floor. The arm or lever 14 is fulcrumed or pivoted on a suitable bolt or pin 15 attached to the plate 10, and a frictional de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1910.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

Serial No. 546,263.

vice preferably in the form of a bow-spring 16 is placed behind the arm or lever so that the latter will not move too freely. At its lower end the arm or lever 1d should be provided with a surface which will frictionally engage the floor so that when in contact with the floor the door will be held stationary, and I prefer to make this frictional contact through the medium of a disk 17 which can be of rubber, leather, or other suitable material and which is pivotally held so that when one part becomes worn the disk may be turned to bring a fresh surface into contact with the floor. So far as the principle of the invention is concerned, however, the end of the arm itself may engage the floor if preferred.

To provide for the easy operation of the device, I use a striking arm 18 which is attached to the lever 14, preferably near the lower end of the latter, and projects laterally as shown clearly in the drawings. Thus, assuming that the lever 14 is in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the door will swing free as usual, but if the door is partly opened and it is desired to hold it in this position, the striking arm 18 can be kicked so as to knock the lever 14: into a vertical position, thus bringing its lower end, or as shown the disk 17, into contact with the floor. This contact is sufficient to hold the door against any ordinary tendency to close it, as for instance the pressure of a spring or of the wind.

It will be seen that the device is extremely simple, that it can be easily applied, and that it can be operated to fasten or unfasten a door by the foot of the operator.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A door holder comprising a plate adapted for attachment to a door, a lever pivoted on the plate, means for limiting the movement of the lever, a friction spring supported on the plate between the plate and the lever to retard the free swinging of the lever, a contacting surface on the lower end of the lever, and a striking piece on the lever. 4

2. A door holder comprising a supporting plate adapted for attachment to a door, a lever pivoted on the plate, a friction spring supported between the plate and the lever to retard the lever, and a Contact surretarding sthe free movement of the lever, face 011 the lower end of the lever to engage and .a Contact surface on the lower end 0t 10 the floor. the lever to engage the floor.

3. A door holder comprisin a plate T v I adapted for attachment to a cloorfsaicl gplnte CLAREA Cm ROGERS having a limiting slot therein, a lever pivlVitnesses: oted 0n the plate, an abutment 011 the lever WARREN B. HUTCHINSON,

Working in the slot of the plate, means for FRANK L. S'rUBBs. 

